A long term list owner, for me, is one whose list-owning duties have
been heavily (broadly, if not deeply) exercised in many dimensions of
listownership.
 
In other words, it's not the period of time you put in, but what you
learned while serving. It implies experience.
 
Now, I suppose that if your list is like the proverbial rock of Sysyphus,
then even a moment of time is long, regardless of how much breadth
of experience you've gained in the exercise of keeping it rolling.
Peter
 
>Date:         Sat, 2 Mar 1996 13:15:02 EST
>From: Elliott Parker <[log in to unmask]>
 
>On Sat, 2 Mar 1996 00:30:57 -0600 Winship said:
>>happened to wander into wondering why long term listowners (some burn
>>out early and turn their lists over to others) do it, and thought about
 
>Out of curiosity, what would anybody consider long term?
>One year, 5, 10?